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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

ALLISON N. CLARK, 0F PLAINV ILLE, CONNECTICUT.

TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming partv of Letters Patent No. 236,983, dated January 25, 1881.

Application filed October 21, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALLIsoN N. CLARK, of Plainville, in the county ot' Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tags, in which the tag proper is formed upon the end of a piece of wire and in conjunction with a spring-rin g, also formed upon said wire; and the objects of myimprovements are, first, to provide a ring which can readily receive a bunch of watch-keys or other a-rticles, while the tag will indicate their number or the size of the hole; and, second, to produce the same at a triing cost. I attain these objects by the simple construction illustrated in accompanying drawings, in which- Fignre l is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side elevation.

a designates the tag proper, which is formed- I by latting the Wire at that end, preferably by means of a die formed with the desired ligure upon it, so that the ligure designed to be raised upon the tag may be madesimultaneously with atting the wire. In this manner the dies may be made of such form as to produce the same figure upon the opposite sides of the tag.

In the drawings the figure 4 is represented upon the tag; but any desired figure or gures may be placed thereon.

If desired, the tag` may be made with a simple atted end, Without any figures thereon, and any'desired ligure, number, or letter may be afterward stamped thereon in any desired manner. From the flatted or tag end the wire extends straight for a short distance, when it (No model.)

is bent into the form of a spring-ring, o, and preferably with an outward-turned end, as at b, to facilitate slipping articles upon the ring.

The article may be put to a variety of uses, but it is chietly designed for putting up watchkeys, in which case a dozen or more ot a certain size may be slipped upon the ring, with the number indicating the size stamped upon the tag. This manner of putting up watchkeys is more economical than placing them on a card, and it is also a much more convenient way for the jeweler or retailer of the keys.

Other forms of spring-rings may be followed without departing from the main features of my invention, the essential feature of which consists of the tag formed upon the piece of drawn Wire, from which a springring is also formed by coiling the opposite end of the wire.

Instead of receiving a number of articles, the ring may be used as a means of securing the tag to a single article only.

I am aware that a prior patent shows a keyring blanked out from sheet metal, which ring has a broad surface upon one side for a nameplate, and I hereby disclaim the same.

I claim as my invention- The herein-described article, consisting of the tag a, formed on one end ot' a piece of wire, and the coiled-wire spring-ring formed on the opposite end of said piece of wire, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

ALLISON N. CLARK.

Witnesses:

W. A. WALES, ALICE J. WooncooK. 

